Forty-one players have scored World Cup goals in the No4. The highest-scoring are Croatia’s Ivan Perisic (6 goals), West Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer (5), Australia’s Tim Cahill (5), Argentina’s Daniel Bertoni (4), England’s Steven Gerrard (3) and Mexico’s Rafa Marquez (3).
Five No4s have netted in the final: Nils Liedholm for Sweden against Brazil in 1958, Zito for Brazil against Czechoslovakia in 1962, Carlos Alberto for Brazil against Italy in 1970, Bertoni for Argentina against the Netherlands in 1978, and Perisic for Croatia against France in 2018.
Other memorable goals by No4s include Antonio Cabrini’s for Italy against Argentina in 1982, Edinho’s for Brazil against Poland in 1986, Philippe Albert’s for Belgium against Germany in 1994, Gerrard’s against Trinidad and Tobago in 2006, Cahill’s for Australia against the Netherlands in 2014, David Luiz’s for Brazil against Colombia in 2014, and Nacho’s for Spain against Portugal in 2018.
Franz Beckenbauer goal v Soviet Union in 1966
Carlos Alberto goal v Italy in 1970
Antonio Cabrini goal v Argentina in 1978
Edinho goal v Poland in 1986
Philippe Albert goal v Germany in 1994
Steven Gerrard goal v Trinidad and Tobago in 2006
Tim Cahill goal v the Netherlands in 2014
David Luiz v Colombia in 2014
Nacho goal v Portugal in 2018
Ivan Perisic goal v France in 2018
